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May 13, 2008
Centre stand and chain guard
I''ve replaced the chainguard and the side stand, both of which were damaged.
The picture below doesn't do the chain guard justice. It doesn't look too bad here but in reality it looks like somebody has been practising panel-beating on it.
The side stand was bent beyond 90 degrees.
I guess it would have been possible to heat up the side stand and bend it back again, but I don't like the idea of my bike toppling over after resting on a dodgy side stand so replaced it was.
Both these purchases were made at the same time in person from Oliver W. Barnes at Tri-supply during a trip to Devon earlier this year.
As usual, I spent too much money but you can't fault the quality of the parts.
January 18, 2008
Frame - Before & After
Here are some pictures showing the rear subframe which has now been straightened and trued.
The top two show the rear wheel in the frame after it came back from Abba Motorcycle Equipment.
The bottom picture shows the bent subframe.
